Summer is great.
But then it ends.
As many of you know, we are expanding Parson’s Chicken & Fish this year, making it bigger (more space to choogle!), with construction scheduled to begin in early October.
This means you’ve got until October 2nd to party on the patio, and we’ll be having one last outdoor blowout the weekend of September 30 and October 1.
Save the dates and get your patio fix until next spring! No tears allowed.
Our friends at critically-acclaimed Franklin Barbecue in Austin suffered a fire in their smokehouse a couple weeks ago, putting them temporarily out of commission while they make repairs.
On Sunday, September 16, Parson’s Chicken and Fish will be hosting a barbecue to help support the Franklin team until they’re ready to re-open their doors. Chef Hunter Moore will be making a pulled-pork sandwich (featuring a special sauce recipe from the man himself, Chef Aaron Franklin), and we’ll have some Texas-centric beers and cocktails from bar manager Charlie Schott, too. Proceeds from these special offerings will go directly to Franklin team.
Come out to support!
image: Clayton Hauck
We’re Highball crazy at Longman & Eagle, thanks to our new Highball machine – and you can be, too!
First off, we’re excited to partner with the Japanese Culture Center for a celebration of the Highball on September 26! Learn how the Japan perfected the art of the highball (and more) from “Mr. Highball”, Atsushi “Charlie” Takeuchi, learn how to make the perfect highball from L&E beverage director Chad Hauge, all while enjoying a three course dinner from Executive Chef Joshua Mutchnick. Tickets are $50 per person for this dinner – grab them before they’re gone, here.
Meanwhile, in the Inn…stay with us in October, and use promo code HIGHBALL and enjoy two highballs, on the house, plus two custom L&E highball glasses so you can mix up your own whiskey drinks at home.
Our Japanese-designed highball machine super carbonates water to 1.5 times the level of champagne and combines it with ice cold Jim Beam bourbon. The resulting cocktail is the most refreshing, bubbly whiskey drink you’ve ever had – we promise.
This month finds us back at Drag City’s Soccer Club Club, serving age appropriate drinks during the opening reception for “Worms, Birds, People, and Air: The Art of Oh No and Dissociative Thinking, by artist Chris Johanson.
The evening will also feature music by Sally Timms and Sunfoot.
It’s all happening this Friday, September 15 – see you then!
Chicago-based artist Sean Gannon is the next artist to show work in the Chicago Athletic Association hotel’s Drawing Room. Opening next week, Gannon’s work will be on display through October 6. Make sure you check it out on your next trip downtown.
We’ll be having an opening reception to celebrate the installation on Saturday, September 16, from 6-8pm, in the Chicago Athletic Association hotel’s Drawing Room. Hope to see you there.
Lost Lake is excited to announce a brand new food menu, launching this Friday at 4pm. In the kitchen formerly occupied by Thank You, which closed after a fire in March of 2016, Executive Chef Pete Coenen and Chef de Cuisine Fred Noinaj have collaborated on a menu that will be available daily from 4pm – 1:30am. The menu pulls from the island regions of Asia, with Korean, Polynesian, Chinese and Vietnamese influences that complement the tropical flavors of Lost Lake’s tiki drinks.
Cherry Circle Room is proud to introduce the Sunday Supper Club! Every Sunday, guests can a weekly pre fixe dinner featuring roasted leg of lamb, mashed potatoes, lemon pie, and more — all the ‘greatest hits’ off CCR’s dinner menu. And at $40 per person, this could be one of CCR’s greatest values, too!
Guests can book by calling 312-792-3515, or via OpenTable.
Cherry Circle RoomSunday Supper Club
house-crafted focaccia
herb butter, sea salt
simple greens
radish, white balsamic, soft herbs
cauliflower gratin
bacon, reggiano, blistered tomato, bread crumbs
roasted garlic mashed potatoes
herb roasted leg of lamb
asparagus gremolata, lamb jus
lemon pie
creme fraiche
Now you can enjoy highball on draft at Longman & Eagle! We teamed up with Beam Suntory to create a highball unique to L&E. Our Japanese-designed highball machine super carbonates water to 1.5 times the level of champagne and combines it with ice cold Jim Beam bourbon. The resulting cocktail is the most refreshing, bubbly whiskey drink you’ve ever had! Come in and enjoy one or three today.
Surface took a trip to Chicago in their June / July issue, stopping by Lost Lake, Longman & Eagle, Cherry Circle Room, and Game Room. Grab the new issue to read more.
Rare Wednesdays are back at Longman & Eagle! On August 2nd at 9pm, we’re opening up the vault and tasting some rare and vintage whiskies from the House of Suntory with beverage director Chad Hauge.
Hakushu 18
Haukushu Bourbon Barrel
Yamazaki 18
Hibiki 12
Chita
Premium Kakubin
Royal (70’s)
30 Year Excellence (80’s)
Tickets are available for $100 per person; light snacks from Executive Chef Joshua Mutchnick will be provided. Please reach out to chad@longmanandeagle.com to reserve your spot!
Come celebrate Hopewell Brewing Company‘s First Lager (now available in CAN form!) at your favorite neighborhood patio. Hopewell will have swag, games, a tap takeover, and FREE samples of First Lager from 1-2p!
Bring your buds and come hang for an afternoon of good old fashioned beer drinking.
August 5
1-4p
Parson’s Chicken and Fish
Like cats? Like plants? Like Stephen Eichhorn? We sure do.
Join us at the LSD studio space on Friday, July 28. We’re throwing a party with Chicago-based artist Stephen Eichhorn to mark the release of his brand new (and debut!) book, Cats & Plants, published by zioxla.
The book features over 200 images of Eichhorn’s collages of cats, plants, shells and minerals. It’s beautiful and we’re excited to celebrate it!
Friday, July 28
3124 W Carroll
8-11pm
Join us on Monday, June 19th at 5:30 p.m. on the first floor of the Chicago Athletic Association hotel as we pay homage to Takashi Murakami. We’ll be joining our friends from Cindy’s to celebrate the artist and his new exhibition at the MCA, The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg, right on top (literally!) of the custom installation from Murakami in the hotel’s Tank space.
The installation is inspired by one of Takashi Murakami’s original characters, in his signature “Superflat” concept which pairs traditional Japanese painting techniques with a contemporary, animé-inspired aesthetic within a flattened picture plane.
We’ll be serving a Japanese Highball from Paul McGee and a Tokyo-inspired snack from Chef Pete Coenen.
Register for complimentary entry HERE.
Slo ‘Mo presents
Paradise: A Queer Pride Ball in Bloom
Friday, June 23rd 8pm-1am
Featuring
Lost Lake
DJs Audio Jack & Rae Chardonnay
Produced by Kristen Kaza
Michelle’s Ballroom – 2800 W. Belmont Ave
Tickets at slomoparty.com
Head to Cherry Circle Room before the Tuesday night movie in the park for a picnic built for two! Snack on a selection of burrata, prosciutto, a ficelle loaf, honey, and tomato jam plus popcorn and cookies. Add a bottle or two of wine (screw top, of course!) — we have red, white, rose, and bubbles — or a large format Unirboue Ephemere, a Belgian-style ale brewed with apples. NOTE: Local pick-up only. Available to pick up in Game Room at the Chicago Athletic Association Hotel (12 S. Michigan, 2nd floor) on June 13 from 4-7p.
It’s Negroni Week at Lost Lake! Come by and enjoy a Kingston Negroni (Appleton Signature Blend, Cocchi di Torino, Campari)—$2 from each negroni benefits Water Defense’s Flint Water Crisis Project.
L&E has something pretty neat in the works for the father figures in your life, right in time for Father’s Day.
Pre-order your dad a bottle of L&E x Elijah Craig Private Select Barrel Bourbon, and engrave it with a personalized message to commemorate the occasion.
This bottle of Elijah Craig — who, appropriately, is known as the Father of Bourbon — was hand selected by the Longman bar team on a visit to the Heaven Hill warehouse in Bardstown, Kentucky. The bourbon they chose has notes of cinnamon Red Hots…bringing to mind contraband candy gifted from dear old dad, perhaps? Or the spicy notes of his aftershave, the same scent he gave you along with your first razor. Or the sting of all the things you never said, but now have the chance to via a limited-edition bottle of quality booze from one of his favorite purveyors (and definitely his favorite child).
Pre-order your custom engraved bottle here, by Monday, June 12 and get an Elijah Craig shirt, hat, and shot glass to match. Then, come by Longman on June 14 from 5-8pm to pick up your perfectly patrician gift, and enjoy some complimentary bites, tastes, and L&E x Elijah Craig party vibes on us.
Hey Chicago Reader readers — thanks! Land and Sea Dept. is rolling deep in the 2017 Readers Choice Award nominations, with 30 nominations across 27 categories. We’re very lucky to work with so many (so many!) talented folks and it’s great to see their hard work represented and recognized here.
Thanks to the Reader, and thanks to you for voting (and eating and drinking and hanging with us)! If you’re so inclined to give us a vote in this final round, check out our nods below:
FOOD & DRINK
Best Al Fresco Dining
Parson’s Chicken & Fish
Best Chef
Pete Coenen (Cherry Circle Room, Game Room)
Best Cocktail Bar
Lost Lake
Best Desserts
Cherry Circle Room
Best Doughnuts
Longman & Eagle
Best Family Friendly Restaurant
Parson’s Chicken & Fish
Best Fancy Restaurant
Cherry Circle Room
Best Late Night Eats
Parson’s Chicken & Fish
Best Mixologist
Paul McGee (Lost Lake, Cherry Circle Room, Game Room, Milk Room)
Best Neighborhood Restaurant
Longman & Eagle
Best Overall Restaurant
Cherry Circle Room
Best Place Worth a Wait
Lost Lake
Parson’s Chicken & Fish
Best Pub Grub
Longman & Eagle
Best Restaurant for a Cheap Date
Parson’s Chicken & Fish
Best Restaurant for Romance
Cherry Circle Room
Best Restaurant Group
Land and Sea Dept.
Best Sandwich
Fried Chicken Sandwich, Parson’s Chicken & Fish
Best Sommelier
Andrew Algren
Best Underground Dining
From Good Stock
Best Up and Coming Chef
Pete Coenen
Best Waitstaff
Cherry Circle Room
Best Wine List
Cherry Circle Room
Best Looking Waitstaff
Lost Lake
Parson’s Chicken & Fish
MUSIC & NIGHTLIFE
Best Bartender
Paul McGee (Lost Lake, Cherry Circle Room, Game Room, Milk Room)
Best Hotel Bar
Milk Room
Cherry Circle Room
Best New Bar
Milk Room
And don’t forget to vote for out buddy Letherbee, up for two awards!
Best Local Distillery
Letherbee
Best Local Spirit
Letherbee
The 2017 edition of Esquire’s annual list of the “Best Bars in America” only features two bars in Chicago: Milk Room and Lost Lake.
It’s a testament to our phenomenal teams that these are the two bars that won the favor of Esquire editors through their exceptional service, serious attention to detail, and, of course, stellar cocktails.
Congratulations to Lost Lake owner and LSD beverage director Paul McGee, his partner and co-owner Shelby Allison, and the managers, bartenders, and staff that make Lost Lake and Milk Room such special spots.
Thanks to Esquire for including us — what good company! — and to all the guests who have enjoyed a cocktail (or three) in one of these bars over the last few years.
Check out the full list HERE.
On the tails of a sold out Mother’s Day High Tea Service, the Drawing Room at the Chicago Athletic Association is launching weekly Sunday tea on Sunday, May 28. The prix fixe tea features a menu of sweet and savory bites from the Cherry Circle Room culinary team — including strawberry pistachio tarts, avocado toast, mini oreos, banana bread, and more, all served alongside a selection of tea from Rare Tea Cellar. All guests will also receive a sparkling cocktail from beverage director Paul McGee. Seatings will be released a month ahead of time, with seatings available at noon and 2pm.
Reservations are available via Tock.
